About Sonpurwa Village

Sonpurwa is a small village in Medininagar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 244 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpurwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Medininagar
Pincode	822132
Area (hectares)	28 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	244
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpurwa compares

By the 2011 count Sonpurwa is the 39th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,594 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Sonpurwa

Sonpurwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonpurwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonpurwa from other places

Sonpurwa lies about 19 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sonpurwa
Nearest town	Kathhāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Medininagar	19 km
District headquarters	Palamu	19 km

Villages closest to Sonpurwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Medininagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sonpurwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpurwa village had a population of 486. That makes it the 39th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,594 residents.

Sonpurwa village has 244 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpurwa has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Sonpurwa is 822132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpurwa covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonpurwa falls under Medininagar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonpurwa is Jarangdih, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonpurwa.

Sonpurwa is about 19 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpurwa is in Medininagar tehsil of Palamu district. Kathhāra is about 12 km away. Jarangdih is about 12 km away. Medininagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.